A CASE OF HEEEDITAEY BRACHYDACTYLY. By 

 T. Law Webb, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.E.C.P. Lond., Associate 

 Mason Coll. (Plates XL., XLI.) 



A CERTAIN family in the Shropshire " Black Country " has long 

 been noted for being " short-fingered." The peculiarity can be 

 traced back for six generations; and seems to be transmitted 

 through the female line. 



A glance at the family tree exhibits this, and also the irregu- 

 lar occurrence of the abnormality. In one family every child 

 has short fingers, whilst in two others the first-born has, in each 

 instance, normal extremities, the rest of the family being brachy- 

 dactylous. In other cases the incidence of the abnormality 

 follows no regular order. 



I I I 

 M* F M M F 



F* M M F 



I This is the subject of this memoir. 



In the tree an asterisk indicates the individuals not affected 

 by the brachydactyly. 



I am informed that in most of the family the toes, as well as 

 the fingers, are affected. They certainly are so in one of the 



